Calm Settles Over Israel

World News to Note

October 26, 2000

JERUSALEM -- A relative calm prevailed on the streets of the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Wednesday for a third day. Both sides seemed to be taking a deep breath and considering their options. Prime Minister Ehud Barak's chief of staff, Gilead Sher, said tensions seemed to be easing. There were no major demonstrations or confrontations at Israeli roadblocks.